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Porcupine on Wellesley Island

Posted by Jeffrey Clemente,
North Country explorer from Ringoes, NJ
December 3, 2016

Me and my friend were walking down the trail at Wellesley Island State Park and came across a doe. After moving further down the trail and frightening the deer away, we then saw a porcupine ruffle it's fur not too far from where the deer stood. We then approached slowly to get a better view